I last wrote about happily saying goodbye to a lousy 2018, then I decided to change my attitude, and can now honestly say thank you December, and thank you all too.
I found an interesting and mixed bag of suggestions and ideas from my last post, and appreciate every one. Thank you. It took me a long time to write and put that out in the cyber-world. I’ve always strived to encourage people to follow their passions, and I lost it. I need to follow my own advice. Now if I can just pin down what the current passion is.
Change starts with the story we tell ourselves.
Heavy hail storm
Saturday the 8th I had a jewelry sale, some collected and created over the years. I’d put up a flyer at the post office community board and signs made from boxes at the appropriate turns and corners. Nice I can sit in the warm house and see people/vehicles come into the driveway. Throw on a coat and hat, greet them, and lead them into the shed where I set up the jewelry. Plus put out the calendar and sold more of them than jewelry. But that’s OK. I set a $100 goal and broke it by a bit. Not terribly busy yet 85% made purchases. I am happy. The next Saturday was a little slower yet still made almost $100. This was as much about networking as anything. Mostly local people.
I am still applying for paid summer Ranger jobs and I’m considering a few other jobs through Workamper.
Found a centipede under my desk Sunday morning. If it’s not one thing it’s something else. I’m told this 3” centipede is tiny. Holy shit, they can be feet long. YIKES!
Over the weekend, I listed the big RV for sale on Craigslist. Maybe you know somebody interested.
2004 M34-TLB 36’ Keystone Challenger 5th-wheel with 3 slide-outs. Electric front jacks, central air, furnace, walk around Queen bed, washer and dryer hook ups, day and night shades, household refrigerator, nice size bathroom and shower, laundry chute to basement, tons of storage. $14,000.
Several neighbors decorate outside for Christmas, some more than others. Since the 2013 Yarnell Fire I don’t have any decorations, nor really space to store them. Now I’m living in a small and full space with a cat so certainly don’t need a tree inside. But all things Christmas were 75% off at the local thrift store so I got in the spirit. I think that’s enough.
Sold out of calendars. However, I still have calendars from the first batch with a tiny printer glitch on about every other photo. I will mail those out for $5 each paid for through PayPal. I’m framing good photos from some of those to hang on my walls.
I’m making a plan for the January 20th lunar eclipse which we’ll be able to see all of from beginning to end in North America. Come join me for a campout along Palm Canyon Road in the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. It’s where I shot for the last January lunar eclipse. I’ll post more, but be thinking about it.
Don’t wait for things to get better. Life will always be complicated. Learn to be happy right now, otherwise you’ll run out of time.
So after pushing all the buttons and looking at discussions, artists, products, and reviews, I joined the free Fine Art America (FAA). And just to play around advertised an event I’ll be attending 2017 Blogger-Fest under the title (which was required) QEO, Quartzsite Executive Officer. I am in no way organizing this event but will be there.
